PSYC 3030 Chapter : Cognitive Section2
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According to murdock, 1962 the serial position curves shows the distinction between short-term and long-term memory. Each word passes from sensory memory to short-term memory (stm has a limited capacity) Rehearsal transfers info from short-term memory to long-term memory. First few words make it into long-term memory. Last few words still in stm at recall. The primacy and recency portions of the serial position curve can changed independently. Distraction decreases recency [erases stm buffer by presenting new information (solving an arithmetic question)] Milner, reported the case of hm, who had surgery to relieve his epilepsy any memory of learning how. Peterson and peterson (1959) was seen as reflecting decay) Keppel and underwood (1962) difference based on counting time. Hm"s memory before the surgery (ltm) is normal and his (stm) is also normal. But he lost the ability to transfer info from stm to ltm. He could learn however, he developed a skill called mirror drawing, without having.
